Roadside thistle

Who dares meddle with me?

Roadside thistle macro detail

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Above, the spiky head of the thistle bud below in macro close-up.
Below a macro photograph of a spiky thistle bud, an open thistle flower just out of focus behind.

Roadside thistle

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Thistles are beautiful flowers, but you don’t go picking them for a posy. Who dares meddle with me? is the Englishing of Wha daur meddle wi me? / Nemo me impune lacessit the motto of the Scottish Order of the Thistle.